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Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Chronicles 13:1-14

1. The removal of the ark from Kiriath-jearim ch. 13The lesson the writer intended this incident to teach the readers is that Yahweh is holy and His people should not take His presence among them lightly (cf. Leviticus 10:1-11; Numbers 16). God’s presence is real, and His people must deal with it in harmony with His character (cf. Exodus 25-31). It would have been tempting to regard the rituals and physical objects used in worship as common. The writer warned his readers not to make this fatal... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Chronicles 13:1-43

D. David and the Ark chs. 13-16"In the Chronicler’s eyes David’s reign consisted of two great religious phases, his movement of the ark to Jerusalem (chs. 13-16) and his preparations for the building of the temple (chs. 17-19 or at least 17-22, 28, 29). The intent of the parallelism seems to be to mark the ends of these two phases with praise and prayer that both glorified Yahweh and spelled out his relationship to his people in theological terms appropriate to the Chronicler and his... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 13:1-14

The Removal of the Ark from Kirjath-jearimThis chapter merely expands 2 Samuel 6:1-11, with some unimportant differences.3. We enquired not at it] perhaps, better, ’we did not seek it,’ i.e. to convey it to a place of honour: cp. 1 Chronicles 15:13.5. Shihor of Egypt] usually employed to designate the Nile (Isaiah 23:3; Jeremiah 2:18), but here applied to the ’brook of Egypt’ (Joshua 15:4), the modern El Arish, a small stream on the borders of Egypt flowing into the Mediterranean. The entering... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Chronicles 13:9

(9) Chidon.—So one MS. of LXX. Syriac and Arabic, Râmîn. The Nachon of Samuel seems right. The Targum, Syriac, and Arabic of Samuel have, “prepared threshing floor (s),” treating nâkûn as a participle.Put forth his hand to hold the ark.—An explanatory paraphrase of the more ancient text, “Uzza put forth unto the ark of God, and held thereon” (Samuel).Stumbled.—Or, plunged. The margin is wrong. The verb is used transitively, in 2 Kings 9:33, “Throw her down.” read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Chronicles 13:10

(10) And he smote him.—Abridged from “and God smote him there” (Samuel).Because he put his hand to the ark.—“Because he put” is in the Heb., ‘al ’asher shalah. For this Samuel has ’al hashshal, an obscure phrase, occurring nowhere else in the Old Testament. The similarity of letters in the two phrases can hardly be accidental, but whether the chronicler has given the original text of the passage as he found it preserved in his source, or whether he has himself made a guess at the true reading,... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Chronicles 13:11

(11) Made a breach.—Ɓrokenforťh against. The same verb recurs in 1 Chronicles 14:11. (Comp. Exodus 19:22.)Wherefore that place is called.—Heb., and he (one) called that place.To this day.—It is not implied necessarily that the place was known by this name in the days of the Chronicles. The same phrase occurs in the parallel verse of Samuel, and the chronicler has merely given a exact transcript of his source. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 13:1-14

DAVID1. HIS TRIBE AND DYNASTYKING and kingdom were so bound up in ancient life that an ideal for the one implied an ideal for the other: all distinction and glory possessed by either was shared by both. The tribe and kingdom of Judah were exalted by the fame of David and Solomon: but, on the other hand, a specially exalted position is accorded to David in the Old Testament because he is the representative of the people of Jehovah. David himself had been anointed by Divine command to be king of... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Chronicles 13:1-14

3. The Ark Removed from Kirjath-jearim CHAPTER 13 1. The consultation about the ark (1 Chronicles 13:1-5 ) 2. The attempt and the failure (1 Chronicles 13:6-14 ) The first thing after the coronation which concerned David was the ark. This reveals the fact that the king had the things of the Lord upon his heart. He at once consulted with the captains about bringing the ark from Kirjath-jearim. The ark is mentioned forty-six times in the two books of Chronicles. (The titles are the... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 1 Chronicles 13:9

13:9 And when they came unto the threshingfloor of {e} Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.(e) Called also Nachon, 2 Samuel 6:6. read more

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